Songs · Billboard Hot 100

King Of Pain

The Police

Entered Aug 27, 1983 · peaked at #3 on Oct 8, 1983 · 16 weeks on the chart, last seen Dec 10, 1983

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Billboard Hot 100 · #3, 16 wkUK Singles Chart · #17, 5 wk
Record Power
30.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
5
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
16
August 1983 – December 1983

Ranked by Record Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a chart published by anyone else. How it works →

The run

Position by week; a gap is a spell off the chart.

What it earned each artist

Record Power is the song's own figure. Power contributed is what the song earned each artist's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the artist had other songs charting is split between them.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
The Policeprimary100%27.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Oct 8, 1983 on the timeline →
  1. #1Total Eclipse Of The HeartBonnie Tyler
  2. #2Making Love Out Of Nothing At AllAir Supply
  3. #3King Of PainThe Police
  4. #4TrueSpandau Ballet
  5. #5(she's) Sexy + 17Stray Cats
  6. #6Islands In The StreamKenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
  7. #7Tell Her About ItBilly Joel
  8. #8The Safety DanceMen Without Hats
  9. #9One Thing Leads To AnotherThe Fixx
  10. #10Far From OverFrank Stallone

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King Of Pain — The Police · ChartReign